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Ready to buy a new home in Castle Vale? Failing to check that a lawyer is on your lender’s list of approved solicitors can put your Castle Vale home move at risk of delay or failure.

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Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Castle Vale

Can conveyancing in Castle Vale to be concluded in under a month?

In the event that the seller is applying a tight deadline to exchange it is advisable to make sure that your solicitor is familiar with the area as they will make use of local relationships and insight. It is possible that they could have conducted otherproperties in the same street. You would be best advised to use a Castle Vale conveyancing lawyer. Second, be sure that the conveyancing firm is on the on the approved list for your mortgage company. It is said that 18% of Castle Vale conveyancing transactions are held up or derailed after discovering a purchaser’s lawyer was not on their mortgage lender’s list of approved solicitors. This can often result in the legal transfer of property being delayed by an average of 21 days. It is estimated that this issue impacts in the region of one hundred thousand home sales every year. Most Castle Vale conveyancing practices can not act for certain mortgage companies so do check at the outset.

Do I find a Licenced Conveyancer or Solicitor for conveyancing in Castle Vale?

Two types of professional can do conveyancing in Castle Vale namely licenced conveyancers or solicitors. Both professionals administer the legal services that you need to complete the disposal or purchase of property. Both are obliged to execute Castle Vale conveyancing to the same standards and guidelines so you can be sure that your conveyancing will be professionally carried out and that all requisite procedures should be correctly adhered to.

A colleague advised me that in purchasing a property in Castle Vale there may be various restrictions prohibiting external changes to the property. Is this right?

We are aware of anumerous of properties in Castle Vale which have some sort of restriction or requirement of consent to external changes. Part of the conveyancing in Castle Vale should determine what restrictions are applicable and advising you as part of a ROT that should be sent to you.

My wife and I buying a terrace house in Castle Vale. The intention is to convert the garage to an office at the house.Will legal work on the property include checks to determine if these alterations are permitted?

Your property lawyer should review the deeds as conveyancing in Castle Vale can on occasion identify restrictions in the title documents which prohibit categories of alterations or need the permission of a 3rd party. Certain extensions require local authority planning consent and approval in accordance building regulations. Many locations are designated conservation areas and special planning restrictions apply which frequently prevent or affect extensions. It would be sensible to check these issues with a surveyor ahead of any purchase.

It has been five months following my purchase conveyancing in Castle Vale took place. I have checked the Land Registry website which shows that I paid £150,000 when infact I paid £215,000. Why the discrepancy?

The price paid figure is taken from the application to register the purchase. It is the figure included in the Transfer (the legal deed which transfers the property from one person to the other) and referred to as the 'consideration' or purchase price. You can report an error in the price paid figure using the LR online form. In most cases errors result from typos so at first glance the figure. Do report it so they can double check and advise.

I am looking for a flat up to £305k and found one round the corner in Castle Vale I like with open areas and railway links nearby, the downside is that it's only got 51 remaining years left on the lease. I can't really find anything else in Castle Vale in this price bracket, so just wondered if I would be making a mistake purchasing a short lease?

If you require a home loan the shortness of the lease will likely be problematic. Discount the price by the amount the lease extension will cost if it has not already been discounted. If the current proprietor has owned the property for a minimum of twenty four months you may request that they commence the lease extension formalities and then assign it to you. You can add 90 years to the current lease with a zero ground rent applied. You should speak to your conveyancing solicitor concerning this.

My fiance and I are buying a three room bungalowin Castle Vale with a home loan from a mortgage company. We have a solicitor in Castle Vale but our lender inform us now that she’s not on their "panel". It seems we have little choice but to instruct from the our mortgage company panel solicitors or stay with our Castle Vale solicitor and incur the extra costs for one of their panel ones to represent our mortgage company. We feel as though this is unjust; is there anything we can do?

No, not really. The bank home loan issued is subject to its terms and conditions, one of which will be that lawyers will on the bank's conveyancing panel. Until recently, most banks had open panels, including most conveyancing solicitors in Castle Vale : a borrower could choose one for themselves, as long as it was on the lender's panel. The lender would then simply instruct the borrower's lawyers to act for the lender, too. You can use your lender's panel lawyers or you could borrow from another lender which does not restrict your choice. A further alternative is for your lawyer to apply to be on the conveyancing panel for your lender.

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